EP 2481696 B1 20141217 - Recording apparatus
Title (en)
Recording apparatus
Title (de)
Aufzeichnungsvorrichtung
Title (fr)
Appareil d'enregistrement
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 2011018195 A 20110131
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP2481696A2] A recording apparatus, including: a conveyance mechanism (21) including an endless belt (8) looped over a plurality of rollers that are arranged so as to be distant from one another and that include at least one tension roller (6) and at least one drive roller (7), the endless belt having a face (8a) including (i) a first area (15) defined by two rollers of the plurality of rollers and (ii) a second area (16) defined by two rollers of the plurality of rollers and not overlapping with the first area, the conveyance mechanism being configured to convey a recording medium supported on the first area; a recording head (10) opposed to the first area and configured to eject liquid onto the recording medium supported on the first area to record an image; a cleaning mechanism (61) including a first cleaning member (41) contactable with the second area to selectively take a contact state in which the first cleaning member is held in contact with the second area and a distant state in which the first cleaning member is distant from the second area; and a controller (1p) configured to control the conveyance mechanism and the cleaning mechanism, wherein, in a recording mode in which the recording head records the image, the controller is configured to drive at least one of the at least one drive roller such that the first area is located on a downstream side of the at least one tension roller and located on an upstream side of the at least one of the at least one drive roller in a running direction of the belt and such that the second area is located on a downstream side of the at least one of the at least one drive roller and located on an upstream side of the at least one tension roller in the running direction of the belt, and wherein, in a cleaning mode which does not overlap with the recording mode timewise and in which the first cleaning member cleans the belt, the controller is configured to have the first cleaning member be in the contact state and to drive at least one of the at least one drive roller such that the second area is located on a downstream side of the at least one tension roller and located on an upstream side of the at least one of the at least one drive roller in the running direction of the belt.
IPC 8 full level
B41J 29/17 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B41J 11/007 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 29/17 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 29/38 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2481696 A2 20120801; EP 2481696 A3 20131106; EP 2481696 B1 20141217; CN 102615991 A 20120801; CN 102615991 B 20150128; JP 2012158421 A 20120823; US 2012194603 A1 20120802
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 12151487 A 20120118; CN 201210011891 A 20120116; JP 2011018195 A 20110131; US 201213351528 A 20120117